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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Honor and the Virtues of Autonomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?
(a) Acacia.
(b) Wormwood.
(c) Astragulus.
(d) Grasses.

2. When did Lila's new life begin to seem natural, so she felt as if she belonged with the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) After 18 months.
(b) After 15 months.
(c) After 12 months.
(d) After 6 months.

3. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. In what city had the bonds between Bedouin kin been weakened in favor of those between neighbors?
(a) Tubruq.
(b) Marsa Matruh.
(c) Sidi Barrani.
(d) El Moderian.

5. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?
(a) Sycamore trees.
(b) Almond Trees.
(c) Dwarf fig trees.
(d) Olive Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did the man, who was criticized for going to find his runaway second wife, have with his first wife?

2. Why was Lila's host mysteriously absent for a time?

3. At what age was a Bedouin man considered beyond the passions of youth?

4. How many inches of rain commonly fell in Awlad 'Ali territory?

5. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?

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